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Platelet Survival Study

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 78191

A nuclear medicine test that tags platelets, the blood cells that help clots form, with a small amount of radioactive material and then follows how long they last in the bloodstream. It helps show whether a low platelet count is caused by platelets being destroyed too quickly.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Platelet Survival Study cost?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $501 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$174$155 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$151 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $132 to $813Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $132 to $437
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $501professional $174

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$724.44
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,230.27
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$416.87
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$380.19
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$223.87
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$407.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,230.27
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$537.03

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Wyoming than in Florida. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Massachusetts· 20th of 51

$191

WY $490FL $107

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.